Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Mordekaiser
based on 5,474 Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Vel'Koz
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Mordekaiser in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Mordekaiser versus Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Mordekaiser normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Mordekaiser and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Mordekaiser makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Mordekaiser does have a higher winrate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Mordekaiser also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Mordekaiser into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Mordekaiser also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Mordekaiser is a decent counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Mordekaiser against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Mordekaiser in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser usually gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Mordekaiser versus Vel'Koz build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Vel'Koz than with most other common builds. In fact, Mordekaiser had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Mordekaiser, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Mordekaiser vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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